March, 2018 – April, 2018 The earth has reawakened from her slumber and is exploding with new life. The familiar sights and sounds of nature – blue skies, the warm and …
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A gentle poke at the legal system which finally convicted the actor Salman Khan for his role in the blackbuck killing case of 1998.
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Photograph by Brandi Redd We are back again with our second installment of the lit quiz! Don’t miss this second fun chance of flexing your literary muscle. Get cracking on the …
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Photograph by Antoine Dautry Marcel didn’t want to work for a science degree It was useless for his business as far as he could see But his father was insistent …
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The following book excerpt is from the book The Night Hikers: A True Story of Three Boys’ Adventure, Survival and Friendship written and e-published by the author. The book is availabe …
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Photograph by Braden Collum Part 2 Halfway to a marathon, and not 40 yet. The Hop-Hop Half Marathon course is an out-and-back along the levee that separates Portland’s mile-wide Columbia …
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January, 2018 – February, 2018 The beginning of a new year always evokes the feeling of a fresh start. There is also joyful anticipation at the prospect of fresh beginnings …
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Photograph by Steven VanDesande Jr We live in a world that is expecting widespread economic growth in 2018, the likes of which, it has not seen after the great collapse …
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December, 2017 – January, 2018 December is a month of many moods. The season inexorably stirs up myriad emotions. Most of us experience wistfulness at the thought of another year …
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Originally an entry for the IIT Vigilance Cell contest, here’s a picture that speaks a thousand words.
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Think you know everything about music? Let’s find out if you can tell your Macklemore from your Taylor Swift.
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Here’s a fun chance to flex your literary muscle. Get cracking on the first installment of a dazzingly creative lit quiz. The beehivers had a great time going through the …
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Photograph by Igor Ovsyannykov It is with deep regret that I have to let you know I have to say it ‘n I hope its not too snide It breaks …
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Photograph by Kolleen Gladden Part 1 My name is Rohit, and I am a runner. I came to running late in life. I am not the fastest runner I know …
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November – December, 2017 This month, we’re unleashing the ‘fun’ element in Fundamatics. Life at IITB has always been enlivened with oodles of cultural activity and sporting events, with young …
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June 2003 Day 0 Here in Taluka. Cool, windy, drizzly. The forest rest house is spacious, musty, British. Let’s trace the path up to here… From Delhi took a bus …
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Photograph by Uroš Jovičić There is a brick wall between careers in the corporate and government worlds in India. Besides the IAS bridge, my peer group did not think of …
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San Francisco. Sep 1, 2017: The alarm goes off at 5 am. I realize that I fell asleep while reading my son to bed again. I get up even though …
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The Accidental Changemaker: From IIT Undergraduate to President of the World’s Engineers
Engineers are changemakers. Whether we know it or not we have changed the world in ways that even we could not have imagined. I arrived at IIT Bombay a naïve …
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Photograph by Lyndsey Marie I sometimes wonder if the “father of western philosophy”, French philosopher, René Descartes had any gender complexities in mind, when he was talking about “Cogito Ergo …
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Photograph by Aman Bhargava India’s rivers and aquifers are drying. ~70% of our food is produced from unsustainable groundwater irrigation, and groundwater is rapidly disappearing. This has serious implications for …
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Photograph by Joanna Kosinska After a tepid release of ‘Diamonds are Forever’ in 1971, Sean Connery is reported to have vowed that he would ‘never again’ play ‘that’ role. Yet, …